— How long has Jamie Moyer been around? Long enough to have faced Marlins special assistant Tony Perez in 1986. Moyer was 23, a rookie left-hander with the Cubs. Perez was 44, finishing out a Hall of Fame career with the Reds. Eduardo Perez, the Marlins' hitting coach who was 16 at the time, informed his father of that stunning tidbit when he got the ballpark on Monday. "That was my last year and it was his first year," Perez, who turned 70 last week, said of those three hitless at-bats.

Ricky Nolasco took a four-hitter into the ninth, Ronny Paulino hit a three-run homer and the Florida Marlins beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-1 on Saturday night. The Marlins scored all their runs off Jamie Moyer (1-1) in the first inning. Nolasco (1-0) didn't need any more support, shutting down the highest-scoring team in the majors on a chilly night. He was one out away from his second career shutout when Jayson Werth hit a solo homer. Nolasco retired the first 11 batters before Chase Utley lined a single to center in the fourth.

PHILADELPHIA Reed Johnson's seventh-inning single Saturday had plenty of personal significance. He just wished it meant a little more to the team. Sitting on 999 career hits, Johnson reach quadrupled figures with a single to right off lefty Jake Diekman. Trailing 2-1, the Marlins had runners on first and second at the time. Johnson's pinch-hit single reached Marlon Byrd in no time, allowing him to throw home in plenty of time to throw out Justin Bour trying to score from third.

Left out: The Marlins have been a good bet to beat left-handers. Even after Jamie Moyer dominated them for seven innings of one-hit, shutout ball, the Marlins are still 20-12 in games started by lefties. Bullish bullpen: Three Marlins relievers combined to pitch three shutout innings. The bullpen has surrendered two earned runs over its past 23 1/3 innings (0.77 ERA) with five walks and 26 strikeouts. Successful debut: Right-hander Luis Ayala made his Marlins debut, allowing a hit and striking out one in a scoreless seventh.

Even with a 12:10 afternoon start, Graham Taylor felt fidgety, like he couldn't wait to get on the mound for his big-league debut. "I don't want to say I was necessarily nervous," Taylor said. "It was more anxious, I think, just getting out there, wanting to get going. That didn't play into my hand very well." Perhaps that will be different next time, and there will be a next time despite Sunday's 13-2 loss to the Phillies, one which featured six walks and a hit batter from Taylor in just 3 2/3 innings.

GAME SYNOPSIS at New York 8 St. Louis 7 Carlos Beltran hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning, providing a rousing ending to a night of grand-slam derby and rallying the Mets past the Cardinals. at Cincinnati 14 Houston 0 Adam Dunn's three-run homer completed an eight-run third inning that carried the Reds to their fourth victory in a row. Pittsburgh 5 at Atlanta 3 Freddy Sanchez and Jason Bay hit consecutive run-scoring singles in the eighth inning, rallying the Pirates past the Braves.

So I literally take maybe 15 steps off the plane today at Philadelphia International Airport when whose smirking face do I see starting back at me as I round the corner? Jamie Moyer, of course. His famous mug graced an advertisement for St. Joseph's University, his alma mater. The text was something about realizing your dreams. Didn't jot it down. It was really early. In a few hours the Marlins will get yet another look at the 46-year-old left-hander, as close to a true nemesis as they have these days.

Wednesday's game PHILLIES AT MARLINS When/where: 7:10 p.m., Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens. TV: FSF. Radio: WAXY (790-AM), WEFL (760-AM), WAQI (710-AM), Spanish On the mound RHP Anibal Sanchez (8-6, 3.33) vs. RHP Kyle Kendrick (6-4, 4.44): Sanchez is coming off a 1-hit shutout in San Francisco; he has gone at least 6 innings in eight of his past nine starts. Kendrick was demoted to Triple-A on July 21 but quickly recalled to replace the injured Jamie Moyer, and has gone 1-0 with a 1.35 ERA in two starts since then.

In the homer column: The Marlins went an unthinkable 22 innings without a home run at Great American Ball Park before Jorge Cantu made it a 1-1 game in the fifth with a solo shot off Bronson Arroyo. Through Friday among National League stadiums, only Citizens Bank Park (195) and Miller Park (179) had seen more homers than Great American (170). 40-40 club: The Marlins have identical win totals at home and on the road. The only other seasons the Marlins have won this many road games were 2004 (41)

For a minute Saturday night it seemed Giancarlo Stanton's first homer of 2013 also was the longest ever hit at Marlins Park. The team gave an estimated distance of 472 feet on the bash to left, which cleared the auxiliary scoreboard. ESPN's Home Run Tracker said not so fast. According to their formula, Stanton's shot was 440 feet, the second longest hit here this season behind Juan Franciso's 459-footer off Alex Sanabia and eighth-longest all-time. Stanton has five of the top eight with true distances ranging from 440 to the record 462-footer off Jamie Moyer that struck the left-field scoreboard and disabled a couple of video panels last May. True distance is defined as the actual distance the ball traveled from home plate, in feet, if the home run flew uninterrupted all the way back to field level.

MIAMI The left-field scoreboard had all the usual information. Giancarlo Stanton was up, and all his pertinent statistics were listed, including the zero in the home run column. Stanton just missed literally knocking it off the board. In his 65th at-bat, Stanton hit his first home run of 2013, an epic blast off Cubs left-hander Travis Wood. Remember how Stanton knocked out a couple of video panels on that left-field scoreboard with a homer off Jamie Moyer last season? This ball went over the scoreboard.

MIAMI The left-field scoreboard had all the usual batter information. Giancarlo Stanton was up, and all his pertinent statistics were listed, including the zero in the home run column. Stanton just missed knocking it off the board - literally. In his 65th at-bat, Stanton hit his first home run of 2013, an epic blast off Cubs' left-hander Travis Wood. Remember how Stanton crippled a couple of video panels on that scoreboard with a homer off Jamie Moyer last season? This ball missed the scoreboard.

— How long has Jamie Moyer been around? Long enough to have faced Marlins special assistant Tony Perez in 1986. Moyer was 23, a rookie left-hander with the Cubs. Perez was 44, finishing out a Hall of Fame career with the Reds. Eduardo Perez, the Marlins' hitting coach who was 16 at the time, informed his father of that stunning tidbit when he got the ballpark on Monday. "That was my last year and it was his first year," Perez, who turned 70 last week, said of those three hitless at-bats.

The Marlins demoted Gaby Sanchez, their Opening Day first baseman, on Saturday. Sunday, they learned they would be without their regular second baseman for a while as well. Omar Infante departed to his native Venezuela before the start of Sunday's series finale against the Indians. He learned his grandfather had passed away. If the Marlins place him on the bereavement list, Infante has to miss a minimum of three games and maximum of seven games. The Marlins made personnel moves a plenty.

Wednesday's game PHILLIES AT MARLINS When/where: 7:10 p.m., Sun Life Stadium, Miami Gardens. TV: FSF. Radio: WAXY (790-AM), WEFL (760-AM), WAQI (710-AM), Spanish On the mound RHP Anibal Sanchez (8-6, 3.33) vs. RHP Kyle Kendrick (6-4, 4.44): Sanchez is coming off a 1-hit shutout in San Francisco; he has gone at least 6 innings in eight of his past nine starts. Kendrick was demoted to Triple-A on July 21 but quickly recalled to replace the injured Jamie Moyer, and has gone 1-0 with a 1.35 ERA in two starts since then.

St. Louis GM Walt Jocketty on diminished expectations: "We need to try to finish ahead of Pittsburgh. I guess that's bad when you're scoreboard-watching for third place." Rockies manager Jim Leyland after his left fielder, Dante Bichette, shaved his head: "I'd consider it myself, but my ears are too big. I'd look like a cab whose doors are open." Mariners manager Lou Piniella on 15-game winner Jamie Moyer: "Jamie was changing speeds off his change. That's where his experience comes in. A less-experienced pitcher would add velocity to vary his change of pace.

What's he Werth? Phillies right fielder Jayson Werth struck out four times and stranded six runners, including two in the eighth inning with his team trailing 1-0. Starter Anibal Sanchez got him swinging the first three times. Werth took a called strike three from Clay Hensley in the eighth. Extra, extra: Dan Uggla's second-inning double, which probably should have been ruled an error on left fielder Ben Francisco, was the Marlins' first extra-base hit since Hanley Ramirez's ninth-inning triple Thursday.

Unlike Roy Halladay's 1-0 perfect game Saturday, Sunday's 1-0 Marlins win probably escaped the notice of Vice President Joe Biden. Yet a second congratulatory phone call in as many days from a high-ranking government official to Sun Life Stadium might have been in order. After all, the Marlins did get a hit — six of them to be precise. They even scored a run to snap a 20-inning consecutive scoreless streak and seasonlong, four-game losing streak. "They beat us 1-0 [Saturday]

What's he Werth? Phillies right fielder Jayson Werth struck out four times and stranded six runners, including two in the eighth inning with his team trailing 1-0. Starter Anibal Sanchez got him swinging the first three times. Werth took a called strike three from Clay Hensley in the eighth. Extra, extra: Dan Uggla's second-inning double, which probably should have been ruled an error on left fielder Ben Francisco, was the Marlins' first extra-base hit since Hanley Ramirez's ninth-inning triple Thursday.